Active search mandate for tenants and buyers in Zurich

With an Active Search Mandate, we manage the systematic search for your new home to rent or buy. We analyse your requirements, proactively engage with the relevant market, assess and pre-select suitable properties and represent your interests through to contract completion.

This allows you to focus your time and attention on the decisions that genuinely require your involvement.

Property Search & Buyer Representation in Zurich

CROVES Real Estate represents tenants and buyers looking for a new home in Zurich. As your independent property search partner, we manage the search locally, assess suitable properties, attend viewings and represent your interests throughout negotiations and the contractual process.

If you are relocating from abroad, you may also find our guide helpful: Moving to Zurich: finding a home when relocating to Zurich.

A practical example of our local representation in Zurich for clients abroad: Case study: relocating to Zurich from San Francisco.

What you gain with an active search mandate

More Time for Your Priorities

We manage the search, pre-selection, coordination and communication on your behalf, allowing you to focus on the properties and decisions that genuinely require your attention.

Informed Decision-Making

Not every available property is a good decision. We assess properties and the information relevant to your decision from a professional perspective, clarify open points and assess relevant opportunities, circumstances and potential risks.

You decide on the basis of a structured and independent assessment.

Extended Market Reach

Our search extends beyond publicly advertised properties. We proactively engage with property managers, agents and private owners and position your search profile with relevant market participants.

This broadens the scope of your search beyond your own market access and, depending on your search profile and current market conditions, may also enable us to identify properties that are not publicly marketed.

Our search mandate for tenants and buyers

The fundamental process is the same: we represent your interests and conduct the search for you. The specific scope of services depends on whether you want to rent or buy a property.

Active Search Mandate – Rental Properties

We take on the active search for a suitable rental property and manage the application process for you in a structured way.

This includes in particular:

• Search Profile & Strategy – Definition and refinement of your search criteria, priorities and target locations.
• Active Market Search – Continuous monitoring of the relevant market and proactive outreach to property managers, agents and private owners.
• Assessment & Pre-Selection – Review and pre-selection of suitable properties based on your defined search criteria.
• Viewings – Coordination and attendance of viewings, including local representation where required.
• Application Process – Preparation and coordination of the application dossier and communication with the relevant property managers, agents or owners.
• Lease & Handover – Review and coordination of the lease agreement and support through to the property handover.

Active Search Mandate – Property Purchases

For a purchase, the mandate is expanded to include the in-depth professional assessment of the property and a sound basis for informed decision-making.

This includes in particular:

• Search Profile & Strategy – Definition and refinement of your search criteria, priorities and target locations.
• Active Market Search – Continuous monitoring of the relevant market and proactive outreach to property managers, agents and private owners.
• Assessment & Pre-Selection – Review and pre-selection of suitable properties based on your defined search criteria.
• Property Assessment & Due Diligence – In-depth review of the property and the relevant documentation, including the identification and professional assessment of material risks, open questions and relevant framework conditions.
• Viewings – Coordination and attendance of viewings, including local representation where required.
• Specialist Coordination – Where required, we coordinate selected external specialists in consultation with you.
• Negotiation & Completion – Representation of your interests throughout the negotiation process and coordination of the subsequent steps through to notarisation and property handover.

How we manage your search mandate

01 Search Profile & Objectives

We define your requirements, priorities, target locations and relevant parameters.

02 Active Market Search

We continuously monitor the market, proactively engage with relevant market participants and draw on our established network.

03 Assessment & Pre-Selection

We review potential properties against your defined criteria and pre-select the opportunities worth pursuing.

04 Property Assessment & Due Diligence

For suitable properties, we assess the relevant documentation and key decision factors. For property purchases, this includes in-depth due diligence.

05 Negotiation & Completion

We represent your interests in negotiations and coordinate the subsequent steps through to contract completion and handover.

Off-Market Opportunities

Our search is not limited to publicly advertised properties. Through our established network, direct market outreach and ongoing dialogue with relevant market participants, we may also identify properties outside the public market.

Off-market opportunities are not a standardised offering and cannot be guaranteed. Their availability depends on your specific search profile, current market conditions and the willingness of property owners to consider a discreet transaction.

Where we search for you

Our focus is on the city of Zurich and the economic and residential area of Zurich.

Depending on the search profile, the search also includes the municipalities along Lake Zurich and other selected locations in the Canton of Zurich.

What matters is not a rigid geographical perimeter, but the question of which locations meet your personal requirements for accessibility, quality of living, infrastructure, budget and life situation.

Why CROVES Real Estate

Personal mandate management

Caroline Staub manages your mandate personally and remains your direct contact throughout the entire process.

Experience from different market perspectives

Many years of activity in tenant representation, letting, asset management, acquisition and sales create a broad understanding of the interests and decision-making processes on both sides of a property transaction.

Sound real estate expertise

20 years of professional experience, 14 of them in the real estate industry, complemented by an RICS-accredited MBA Real Estate and the federal diploma as a real estate trustee.

Established network

Long-standing relationships with private owners, property managers, agents, institutional investors and selected specialists extend the possibilities within a search mandate.

Clear representation of interests

In the active search mandate, we represent the interests of our clients on the tenant or buyer side. The interest situation and scope of services are clearly defined before the mandate begins.

Frequently asked questions about the active search mandate

German-speaking visitors: Käufermakler Zürich — Aktives Suchmandat

Related pages

• Buyer's agent & property search in Zurich
• Buyer's agent Zurich — fees & costs
• Relocation to Zurich
• Buying property in Zurich as a foreigner
• Moving to Zurich: how to find a home before you arrive
• Case study: off-market apartment in Zurich Enge
• Case study: relocating to Zurich from San Francisco
• Residence & Relocation Services